Yuri's Night Kids

MEET NASA ASTRONAUT CADY COLEMAN!

We are delighted that NASA Astronaut Cady Coleman will be joining us for this year's Yuri's Night Kids! Come hear her talk about her amazing journey and all of her adventures in space! Cady launched to space on the U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia in 1995 and 1999 for a combined 20 days on orbit.

Then in 2001, she launched to space again on the Russian Soyuz rocket! This time she lived for five months aboard the International Space Station. During that time she got to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight IN SPACE with her Russian crew mates. She even got to perform a flute duet with Jethro Tull during her mission!

We hope you will join us for this very special opportunity to meet Cady at 2pm in the Amphitheater and get all your space questions answered!

Join us on April 8, 2017, 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. for a space festival with exciting activities, and the opportunity to see what rocket science is all about!

Students of all ages are invited to Columbia Memorial Space Center to learn about space, to participate in engineering design challenges, and to talk to young rocket engineers from Virgin Galactic, The SpaceShipCompany and other local space and tech companies. High school students will be able to meet rocket scientists, and learn about the variety of paths to industry and learn about propulsion, composite design, and more!

Yuri’s Night Kids extends the celebration of humanities venture into space to include our future astronauts and engineers, and gives them the chance to explore what it means to work in the space industry.